CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2379
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326
Description
The Mxit protocol uses weak encryption when encrypting user passwords, which might allow attackers to (1) decrypt hashed passwords by leveraging knowledge of client registration codes or (2) gain login access by eavesdropping on login messages and re-using the hashed passwords.
Affected configurations
• pidgin mxit
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122/ Third Party Advisory
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122/ Third Party Advisory
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 Third Party Advisory